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Five Election Truths

Yes, about 90% of Mormons will vote for Mitt Romney. About 90% of Mormons always vote for a Republican.

Yes, about 90% of blacks will vote for Barack Obama. About 90% of blacks always vote for a Democrat.

Stop complaining about negative attack ads. If we didn’t actually respond to them, then campaigns would stop making them. Blame the voters, not the candidates.

Stop complaining that everybody’s talking about the election. Huge decisions about the future of our jobs, military, and health care, among other things, hinge on who wins. I think we can put our favorite sitcoms on the backburner for one more week for that.

Too much political talk on Facebook? See above. You have three options: drop all of your friends, don’t check Facebook for a while, or realize that living in a free democracy means being surrounded by citizen debate which you may not like or be interested in. Deal with it.